Subject wise Global Events

Volunteers are integral to palliative care worldwide, including North America, Europe, Africa, and India. Global mortality is predicted to rise by between 14% and 42% from 2002 to 2030 with many deaths following a period of progressive chronic illness increasing demand for palliative care. In many countries palliative care is provided in hospices or hospice programs. In the United States there are nearly half a million hospice volunteers, and more than 100,000 in the United Kingdom (U.K.), where their contribution reduces hospice costs by an estimated 23%.U.K. hospice services are specialist palliative care units which typically provide inpatient and day care (a service provided in a hospice building to nonresidents), as well as home-based care.Patients with advanced progressive disease are eligible for such care. Services are free to patients (although availability varies across the United Kingdom), with referral usually via health care professionals.